H. L. D. Mahindapala Jaffna comes out of the pages of history as a mono-ethnic enclave that produced three of the most unacceptable political perversions: 1. leaders who were torturers and mass murderers, particularly of their own Tamil people; 2. Tamil terrorists banned by the international community and 3. pariahs as categorized by the Hindu […]

By Garvin  Karunaratne, Ph.D.(Michigan State University) “The Indian Government told Obama to mind his own business after the American President urged India to do more to lift curbs on foreign investment”.(The Economist: July 27,2012))  A few months ago Secretary of State Hilary Clinton when she visited India urged the Indian Government to allow multinationals into […]

All Provincial Council seats in North Central and Sabaragamuwa districts won by ruling party United People’s Freedom Alliance. Anuradhapura District Medawachchiya Polling Division United People’s Freedom Alliance 27,288 66.68 % United National Party 11,856 28.97 % People’s Liberation Front 1,661 4.06 % Horowupotana Polling Division United People’s Freedom Alliance 27,911 64.16 % United National Party […]

by Professor Chandre Dharmawardana.(The author was a Professor of Chemistry at the Vidyodaya University in the 1970s, currently affilated to NRC Canada and the University of Montreal). Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origins, known as CKDU has presented itself as a baffling health problem with serious socio-economic implications. CKDU is most prevalent in the North-central […]

Asada M Erpini A group of schoolchildren who were in Tamil Nadu to play a friendly soccer match were unceremoniously packed off on the orders of the all powerful Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The reason ostensibly was to show the lady’s support for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Close on the heels of the […]

By Sugath Samarasinghe This is a response to the essay of Dr. A.C. Visvalingam in the Sunday Island of 26th August titled “Improving the Atmosphere to Foster National Unity”. I am sending this response because I thought it is an effort by Dr. Visvalingam to focus on some of the road blocks to national reconciliation […]

By Noor Nizam – Canada, 8th. September 2012.  The Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India HE. Prasad Kariyawasam has blamed  “fringe pro-LTTE groups” in the state of Tamil Nadu for the violence against visiting Sri Lankans, but underlined it will not affect robust ties or the visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India later this […]

Hameed Abdul Karim When was the last time you read a piece in your favourite newspaper informing you of what’s going in Kashmir? Or about the malicious nature of Zionism which is the ideology of the Israeli occupiers of Palestine?  Never mind. We’ll come back to that in a while.  For now let’s celebrate the […]

Media Release Sri Lanka High Commission London Bronze medal-winner Lance Corporal UDP Pradeep Sanjaya of the 4th Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment was felicitated by the Sri Lanka High Commission, London, when the Paralympic team and the officials and coaches visited the Mission on Friday. The Men’s 400m T46 runner Pradeep Sanjaya was presented with an […]

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